Associate Producer

  • Full-time
  • Department: Production

Company Description

Did you know the video games industry is worth over $300B and continues to grow at an eye watering rate!

Founded in 2013, Mighty Games’ Build and Test team focuses on developing proprietary AI-based technology solutions for the video game industry. The studio has developed a platform of scalable, artificial intelligence led, automated, build and testing tools optimized for game development pipelines. Mighty is currently running thousands of hours of automated testing per day on client titles across a range of mobile games, console titles, multiplayer and cross-play games in a variety of genres. 

In August of 2022, Mighty Games joined Keywords Studios, an international technical services provider to the global video games industry. With over 70 facilities in 24 countries strategically located in Asia, Australia, the Americas and Europe, Keywords Studios provides integrated art creation, marketing services, game development, testing, localization, audio and player support services across more than 50 languages and 16 games platforms to a blue-chip client base of over 950 clients across the globe. 

 

    Job Description

    Mighty Games are currently recruiting for an Associate Producer to assist our growing team of enthusiastic and collaborative developers. We specialise in creating tools to accelerate and empower game developers. In particular, our tools assist in automating the build and deployment processes of games creation as well as automated QA testing. 

    The role of Associate Producer at Mighty Build and Test is a technical-production role where you'll work to assist our teams and studio to manage client projects alongside the development of tools and utilities. Additionally, you will assist in organising meetings, capturing and organising documentation, recording staffing allocations on projects. This is a fantastic role for someone interested in both Games and/or Technology Development in general. 

     While at Mighty Build and Test, you can expect to: 

    • Work with a growing, global team in a supportive environment, where you will be working on exciting and new technology for a wide variety of companies and games. 

    • Contribute to the development and release of titles for console, mobile, desktop, VR/AR projects. 

    • Hybrid working model! Blend of in-office and work from home. 

    KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

    The responsibilities of the Associate Producer role at Mighty Build and Test can be broken down into the following core areas: 

    Development 

    • Support Managers and other Producers in their daily duties 

    • Identify production challenges and design strategies to resolve them 

    • Work alongside developers to document key information and challenges 

    • Facilitate communication between developers, internal stakeholders and clients 

    • Initiate Sprint Planning, Sprint Retrospective and Stand-Up meetings 

    • Collaborate with Managers and other Producers to manage and record staffing allocations 

    • Assist in managing calendars and meetings between Australian and International team members 

    • Collaborate with client-management teams to ensure work is fit-for-purpose 

    • Write and update internal documentation for new features 

    General 

    Providing general assistance, guidance and support to all areas of the business by; 

    • Attending Team Weekly Ops and Individual Performance Meetings 

    • Keeping abreast of daily/ weekly departmental priorities 

    • Documenting work done in internal ticketing tools 

    • Assisting with staff training 

    Additional responsibilities may be added at a later date in consultation with your manager. 

    REQUIRED SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS 

    • 3+ Years of employment in a role within IT, Games, Programming or Similar Industry. 

    • Experience working with Excel, PowerPoint and other Business Applications or Equivalents 

    • Demonstrated experience in project planning or management 

    • High-Level understanding of the Games Industry and Development Practices and Roles  

    • Foundational familiarity with Unity, Unreal, Godot, Game Maker or other Game Engines 

    • Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment within a growing studio 

    DESIRABLE SKILLS

    • Competencies in Computer Hardware, Software and Networking configurations and Systems 

    • Experience in C#, C++, Java, Python or another programming language 

    • Understanding of Game Development QA Concepts – Bugs and Bug Reproduction, Triage etc. 

    • Understanding of Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Concepts 

    • Passion for the technical aspects of Games Development 

    Qualifications

    A Bachelor's Degree in IT, Games, Programming or similar discipline 

    Additional Information

    All applications will be responded to. Sure you’ll get our automated acknowledgement email but you’ll know where things are at within seven business days of your application. Hopefully sooner.

    If you progress, we’ll invite to an initial call with Stan our Head of Talent Acquisition. Depending on the outcome of this discussion we may invite you to either a technical online assessment or first round interview. Where required a second interview may follow. All candidates interviewed will be provided with feedback.

    Not sure about applying and want to know a little more information? Feel free to contact Stan Rolfe on 0416048976. Stan is based in Perth, so please leave him a message if he doesn’t answer your call first thing in the morning.

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